SA platinum not done enough to remedy cash burn, over-supply
SOUTH African platinum supply would increase by up to 400,000 ounces per year by 2021, said Goldman Sachs in a note which may worry...
RBPlat to issue R1.2bn in bonds amid share price pressure
ROYAL Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) is to issue R1.2bn in corporate bonds in order to complete some R3.2bn in finance for the expansion of its...
Lonmin woes deepen as COO resigns for “personal reasons”
LONMIN suffered a body blow today with the departure of its chief operating officer Ben Moolman who has resigned owing to "personal reasons".
"The board...
Sibanye cuts platinum reserves at RPM, Kroondal
SIBANYE Gold reduced estimated mineral reserves at its newly acquired platinum (4E) operations by some 12.5 million ounces of which about half were at...
Amplats sacrifices leverage to platinum for more process margin
ONE of the interesting elements of Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats’) divestments of non-core assets is how it has been able to dispense with the...
Glencore to retain 50% share of Mototolo with Amplats
GLENCORE has all but exited the platinum industry following the unbundling of its Lonmin stake to shareholders in 2015, and the sale of Eland...
RBPlat bounces back to profit but BRPM shaft “under review”
ROYAL Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) bounced back into profit owing to an improvement in the rand basket price of its platinum group metals (PGMs), but...
Dunne’s savvy deal lines up Pandora for Northam
I DON'T know what Northam Platinum CEO, Paul Dunne, does over weekends but judging by the deal he’s just done to acquire Eland Platinum...
Implats loses R570m to stoppages but won’t turn to court
IMPALA Platinum recorded a total of 58 Section 54 safety stoppages in the six months to December which cost the group 25,000 ounces in...
Implats sticking to guns on Zimplats amid Govt pressure
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) is sticking to its guns on Zimplats for both commercial and longer-term strategic reasons despite continued pressure from the Zimbabwe government...